v13_0628 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 274.41 €
Estimate : 487.84 €
Realised price : 350.63 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 665.74 €
Starting price : 274.41 €
Estimate : 487.84 €
Realised price : 350.63 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 665.74 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie, Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 400 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,38 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Portrait tout à fait inhabituel et exceptionnel
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (B1).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus", (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMAE AETERNAE.
Reverse description : Rome nicéphore assise à gauche sur un bouclier, casquée, vêtue militairement, tenant de la main droite une victoriola et de la main gauche une haste.
Reverse translation : “Romæ Æternæ”, (À la Rome éternelle).
Historical background
PHILIPPUS II
(05/244-09/249)
Augustus
Philip II, son of Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa, was named Augustus in 247. He participated in the commemoration of the millennium of Rome which began on April 21, 247. Philip, his father, was killed at the battle of Verona . Philip II was assassinated shortly thereafter. We do not know what happened to Otacilia Sévéra. Philip II was made Caesar shortly after the accession of his father who awarded him the title of prince of youth.
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